Lightpath is building new fiber infrastructure to support two hyperscale data center campuses under construction in Saline, Michigan, and Port Washington, Wisconsin. The company says the builds are intended to extend its “AI-grade” network as hyperscalers add capacity for AI-driven workloads.

Lightpath will provide “triverse fiber infrastructure” and “multi-terabit capacity” to the two sites. Each campus is planned to exceed 1 GW of capacity. Lightpath expects the Saline build to be delivered by the end of 2026, with Port Washington following in the second quarter of 2027. Lightpath says both builds are being delivered in partnership with an anchor hyperscale customer.

For data center operators, this is the unglamorous part of AI infrastructure that still dictates what you can actually deploy: getting enough route-diverse fiber and enough capacity into new greenfield campuses on the same schedule as power, buildings, and IT fit-out. “Multi-terabit” connectivity is table stakes for hyperscale-scale clusters, but the engineering headache is usually diversity, construction timelines, and how cleanly new builds integrate with existing metro and long-haul paths.

“Gigawatt scale AI campuses need more than fiber in the ground, they need a partner that can engineer an end-to-end connectivity solution across new construction, existing Lightpath network assets, and strategic partner fiber,” said Tim Haverkate, Chief Commercial Officer at Lightpath. “Our ability to creatively combine those assets is what allows us to deliver route-diverse, multi-terabit capacity on timelines that match the pace of hyperscale AI development.”

Lightpath also pointed to recent expansion of its “mission-critical, AI-grade fiber infrastructure” across Phoenix, eastern Pennsylvania, and Columbus, plus a long-haul corridor linking Columbus and Chicago. More information is available at lightpathfiber.com.

Source: Lightpath